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Top 10 South African Batsmen Vs Sri Lanka In Tests

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from South Africa against Sri Lanka in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Abbreviations
TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T) SA
Venue (V) ALL
Oposition (O) SL

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 300.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 10
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS DJ Cullinan SA 19 917 300.00
1 DJ Cullinan SA 19 917 300.00
2 JH Kallis SA 25 894 292.48
3 F du Plessis SA 19 874 285.93
4 D Elgar SA 20 782 255.83
5 MV Boucher SA 26 775 253.54
6 HM Amla SA 25 727 237.84
7 Q de Kock SA 19 697 228.03
8 AB de Villiers SA 12 691 226.06
9 G Kirsten SA 16 639 209.05
10 L Klusener SA 10 435 142.31

CONSISTENT

R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly, it takes into account:-

  • Strength of Opposition.
  • Positions at which a batsman has played.
  • Venues at which he has played.
  • Time Period in which he has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 500

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS AB de Villiers 12 1 691 1 62.82 64.27 300.00
1 AB de Villiers 12 1 691 1 62.82 64.27 300.00
2 L Klusener 10 3 435 1 62.14 63.78 297.70
3 DJ Cullinan 19 2 917 5 53.94 52.63 245.68
4 F du Plessis 19 2 874 1 51.41 49.06 229.02
5 G Kirsten 16 1 639 1 42.60 41.69 194.61
6 D Elgar 20 1 782 3 41.16 39.37 183.75
7 JH Kallis 25 2 894 1 38.87 38.40 179.26
8 Q de Kock 19 0 697 1 36.68 35.01 163.41
9 MV Boucher 26 2 775 0 32.29 32.93 153.73
10 HM Amla 25 1 727 2 30.29 29.49 137.63

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR. Batsman who were active in earlier times benefit from this as SR was generally low earlier.

R4BF

Balls played by batsmen for many inns is not available for earlier times. When such is the case, we have used Runs For Balls Faced (R4BF) to determine the Strike Rate. This is the runs scored by the batsman for the available data of balls.

CRITERIA: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 500
Min Average 25

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS Q de Kock 697 918 75.93 70.75 100.00
1 Q de Kock 697 918 75.93 70.75 100.00
2 AB de Villiers 691 1146 60.30 60.08 84.92
3 L Klusener 435 836 52.03 58.17 82.22
4 DJ Cullinan 917 1842 49.78 55.29 78.15
5 MV Boucher 775 1517 51.09 55.04 77.79
6 F du Plessis 874 1572 55.60 51.81 73.23
7 D Elgar 782 1427 54.80 51.02 72.11
8 JH Kallis 894 2021 44.24 47.27 66.82
9 HM Amla 727 1683 43.20 41.24 58.28
10 G Kirsten 639 1752 36.47 39.81 56.26

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, the top 5 scores of the batsman have been taken. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 5 Inns

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS DJ Cullinan 114* 113 112 103 102 108.80 300.00
1 DJ Cullinan 114* 113 112 103 102 108.80 300.00
2 JH Kallis 224 87 84 75 59 105.80 291.73
3 D Elgar 129 127 103 95 55 101.80 280.70
4 AB de Villiers 160* 99 95 69 65 97.60 269.12
5 F du Plessis 199 90 80 67* 50* 97.20 268.01
6 G Kirsten 180 75* 62 55 55 85.40 235.48
7 HM Amla 139* 134 54 51 48 85.20 234.93
8 L Klusener 118* 97 95* 50 35 79.00 217.83
9 Q de Kock 101 86 80 69 55 78.20 215.63
10 MV Boucher 92 85 65 65 63 74.00 204.04

TEAM VEN OPP RATING

The TEAM VEN OPP (TVO) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP TVO RAT
1 DJ Cullinan 300.00 245.68 78.15 300.00 923.83
2 AB de Villiers 226.06 300.00 84.92 269.12 880.10
3 F du Plessis 285.93 229.02 73.23 268.01 856.19
4 JH Kallis 292.48 179.26 66.82 291.73 830.28
5 D Elgar 255.83 183.75 72.11 280.70 792.39
6 L Klusener 142.31 297.70 82.22 217.83 740.06
7 Q de Kock 228.03 163.41 100.00 215.63 707.06
8 G Kirsten 209.05 194.61 56.26 235.48 695.40
9 MV Boucher 253.54 153.73 77.79 204.04 689.11
10 HM Amla 237.84 137.63 58.28 234.93 668.69

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier batsmen may change if current batsmen set new benchmarks.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  4. TS Points: 250.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. FP - First Played by Year
  4. INF - Infinite
  5. LP - Last Played by Year
  6. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  7. NA - Not Applicable
  8. NI - Not In Top
  9. NK - Not Known
  10. NO, * - Not Out
  11. NQ - Not Qualified
  12. OPP - Opposition
  13. R4BF - Runs for available data of balls
  14. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  15. TS - Trend Setter
  16. TT - Top Teams

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